choroid plexus
Britishnoun
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They focused on a small region called the choroid plexus, which is known as a major conduit of immune cells into the brain.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024
After a month, the fragments had organized themselves into primitive structures that could be recognized as developing brain regions such as retina, choroid plexus and cerebral cortex, the researchers explained in a telephone briefing.
From Reuters ● Aug. 28, 2013
Cerebrospinal fluid is produced within the ventricles by a type of specialized membrane called a choroid plexus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Figure 13.18 Cerebrospinal Fluid Circulation The choroid plexus in the four ventricles produce CSF, which is circulated through the ventricular system and then enters the subarachnoid space through the median and lateral apertures.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The choroid plexus of the pia mater turns round the gyrus hippocampi, and enters the descending cornu through the lateral part of the great transverse fissure between the taenia hippocampi and optic thalamus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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